On 11/2/2023 9:00 PM, Vincent Hennebert wrote:
Ok. But then that means that the designsizes table will be used all the
time, including when design sizes are disabled, right? Which would mean
that I _must_ define the regular size as a fallback.
they are not really design sizes but more 'designed for s specific
purpose like display' .. so typesetting a 16 pt bodyfont in display is
not a good idea ... otherwise, if someone watched the text on a beamer
you'd have to use the display variant for everything as that definitely
goes over 10pt
I think I see your point. I think we can still talk about design sizes
but, instead of thinking in absolute sizes, we would want to think in
sizes relative to the font setup.
indeed, and even more abstract: running text vs headings vs title pages
That is, instead of saying ‘Caption shall be used for sizes 6.5pt and
below, SmText for 9.5pt and below etc.’, we would want to say ‘Caption
shall be used for 50% of the body font size and below, SmText for 75%
and below, etc.’
i'm not sure what captions are for
This way, design sizes would be used ‘harmoniously’ no matter the
scaling. A poster, for instance, would usually be viewed at such a
distance that the apparent size of small text (typeset at, say, 25pt
when the main text is at 50pt, therefore using Caption) would match the
apparent size of caption text in a regular document typeset at 12pt and
read from a normal distance.
Make sense?
posters stil can use regular but with a screaming bolder and darker
looking title in display (although often display doesn't look that good)
Hans
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